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DiMarzio Notorious Minibucker vs DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker

DiMarzio Notorious Minibucker pickup
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DiMarzio Notorious Minibucker
bridge mini-humbucker
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DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker pickup
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DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker
bridge mini-humbucker

Compared with the DiMarzio Notorious Minibucker, the DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker has lower output and tighter low end.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecDiMarzio Notorious MinibuckerDiMarzio Vintage Minibucker
DC resistancediffers11.96k8.25k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Bass (tone chart)differs6 / 103 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs6.25 / 104.5 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs4 / 104.5 / 10
Slotbridge mini-humbuckerbridge mini-humbucker
Traitsmoderate output, tight & aggressivevintage output, tight & aggressive

How close on each spec

100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works

Output
46
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
92
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
71
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
50
tone charts on the same scale

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